Abstract: A module housing made of an electrically insulating plastic material is disclosed. The module housing has a foam body made of an electrically insulating foam material, the foam body having substantially cylindrical receptacles for round cells. The module housing includes axial stops aligned with the receptacles for cell cups of the round cells and recesses for positive terminals of the round cells. The module housing may be used in a battery module.

Abstract: Item comprising thermoplastic polyurethane, which has, respectively, direct-contact adhesive bonding not only to rubber but also to engineering plastic.

Abstract: Process for reacting thermoplastic polyurethanes with compounds having isocyanate groups, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a prepolymer which is the reaction product of (a) isocyanates with (b) compounds which are reactive toward isocyanates and have a molecular weight in the range from 500 g/mol to 10 000 g/mol, preferably from 2000 g/mol to 8000 g/mol, and the prepolymer has a glass transition temperature Tg measured by means of DSC in accordance with DIN EN ISO 11357-1 below ?35° C.

Abstract: Item comprising thermoplastic polyurethane, which has, respectively, direct-contact adhesive bonding not only to rubber but also to engineering plastic.

Abstract: Item comprising thermoplastic polyurethane adhesively bonded to crosslinked polyethylene without any chemical adhesion promoter.

Abstract: Blends made of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) and of polylactides (PLAs) are produced via A) reaction of at least one thermoplastic polyurethane with at least one diisocyanate or one diisocyanate prepolymer which has at least two isocyanate groups, or a mixture thereof, in the melt, with reduction of the molar mass of the thermoplastic polyurethane and with formation of a thermoplastic polyurethane having an excess of isocyanate end groups, B) introduction of at least one polylactide into the melt of the stage A) product, and reaction of the stage A) product with the polylactide at a temperature below 190° C., C) cooling of the resultant blend, where no polyols are used in stages A) to C).

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane comprising the following structural unit: R2—CO—NH—R—Si(R1)3-x(OR1)x where: R is an aliphatic, araliphatic, or aromatic organic radical having from 1 to 20 hydrocarbon atoms, R1 is an alkyl radical or aryl radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 is —NR3—CO—R4 or —O—R5—O—, R3 is a section of the polymer chain of the thermoplastic polyurethane, in particular a radical which derives from the diisocyanate used to prepare the thermoplastic polyurethane, R4 is a section of the polymer chain of the thermoplastic polyurethane, in particular a radical which derives from the following compounds used to prepare the thermoplastic polyurethane: compounds (b) reactive toward isocyanates, or from the chain extender (c), R5 is an alkylene radical having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, preferably from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and x is 1, 2 or 3.

Abstract: Blends made of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) and of polylactides (PLAs) are produced via A) reaction of at least one thermoplastic polyurethane with at least one diisocyanate or one diisocyanate prepolymer which has at least two isocyanate groups, or a mixture thereof, in the melt, with reduction of the molar mass of the thermoplastic polyurethane and with formation of a thermoplastic polyurethane having an excess of isocyanate end groups, B) introduction of at least one polylactide into the melt of the stage A) product, and reaction of the stage A) product with the polylactide at a temperature below 190° C., C) cooling of the resultant blend, where no polyols are used in stages A) to C).

Abstract: Item comprising a first transparent thermoplastic (i) coated with a coating (ii) comprising at least one organosilicon compound, wherein, on at least one portion of the surface, on the side facing away from the first plastic (i), the coating (ii) has been adhesive-bonded, without chemical adhesion promoter, to a second thermoplastic (iii).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for reacting (i) thermoplastic polyurethanes with (ii) compounds having isocyanate groups, where the (ii) compounds used having isocyanate groups comprise (iia) compounds having at least three isocyanate groups based on aliphatic isocyanates and (iib) compounds having two isocyanate groups based on aromatic isocyanates.

Abstract: Articles comprising polystyrene and thermoplastic polyurethane joined adheringly without chemical adhesion promoter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane comprising the following structural unit: R2—CO—NH—R—Si(R1)3-x(OR1)x where: is an aliphatic, araliphatic, or aromatic organic radical having from 1 to 20 hydrocarbon atoms, R1 is an alkyl radical or aryl radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 is —NR3—CO—R4 or —O—R5—O—, R3 is a section of the polymer chain of the thermoplastic polyurethane, in particular a radical which derives from the diisocyanate used to prepare the thermoplastic polyurethane, R4 is a section of the polymer chain of the thermoplastic polyurethane, in particular a radical which derives from the following compounds used to prepare the thermoplastic polyurethane: compounds (b) reactive toward isocyanates, or from the chain extender (c), R5 is an alkylene radical having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, preferably from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, and x is 1, 2 or 3.

Abstract: Item comprising glass, wherein at least one portion of the surface of the glass has been adhesive-bonded to a thermoplastic polyurethane without any chemical adhesion promoter.

Abstract: Process for reacting thermoplastic polyurethanes with compounds having isocyanate groups, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a prepolymer which is the reaction product of (a) isocyanates with (b) compounds which are reactive toward isocyanates and have a molecular weight in the range from 500 g/mol to 10 000 g/mol, preferably from 2000 g/mol to 8000 g/mol, and the prepolymer has a glass transition temperature Tg measured by means of DSC in accordance with DIN EN ISO 11357-1 below ?35° C.

Abstract: Item comprising thermoplastic polyurethane adhesively bonded to crosslinked polyethylene without any chemical adhesion promoter.

Abstract: Articles comprising polypropylene and thermoplastic polyurethane joined adheringly without chemical adhesion promoter.

Abstract: Articles comprising polystyrene and thermoplastic polyurethane joined adheringly without chemical adhesion promoter.

Abstract: Item comprising thermoplastic polyurethane, which has, respectively, direct-contact adhesive bonding not only to rubber but also to engineering plastic.

Abstract: Item comprising a first transparent thermoplastic (i) coated with a coating (ii) comprising at least one organosilicon compound, wherein, on at least one portion of the surface, on the side facing away from the first plastic (i), the coating (ii) has been adhesive-bonded, without chemical adhesion promoter, to a second thermoplastic (iii).

Abstract: Item comprising glass, wherein at least one portion of the surface of the glass has been adhesive-bonded to a thermoplastic polyurethane without any chemical adhesion promoter.